People & boats · 13–14 October 2026
Who was aboard, who gave evidence, and which names still need to be reconciled. Every identity has a source; every uncertain connection remains visible.
A working identity register. Built from all six supplied transcript parts and the stated name cross-checks. These are automated transcripts, not certified verbatim records. The Day 1 reading edition includes reviewed corrections; several formal names remain unverified. No face-based identification is used.
More names. Still not a manifest.
Edward and Chris now give their own evidence. Wabi and Nyall also appear in the accounts, but the record does not establish which identified people—if any—those names refer to.
This is not a claim that ten people were aboard. We do not force a name match to reach nine.
Elias’s name-by-name count is consistent with Dylan’s breakdown. One woman is described rather than named; several passengers have only first names in that account.
The public list of those who died does not automatically settle every name-to-passenger match.
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17 roster entries · 3 unresolved name references below
A roster entry is not always a fully identified person.
Cazorla has eight directly identified people and unresolved Wabi / Nyall references that may overlap them. Ocean Angel has nine witness-described places, including an unnamed woman. Neither is a certified manifest.
Operator at impact
Operated Cazorla on the return. Taylor and Williams describe him helping them reach Ocean Angel’s floating remains.
Keep in view. Hippolyte is another reported spelling. Rescue evidence and questions about navigation are separate issues.
Tyson Hippolyte · Tyson
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Owner aboard
Also called Dwight and Mango. Described a slowdown instruction, the jacket stop and attempts to move the damaged vessel towards shore.
Keep in view. Irenus and other given-name spellings occur in reporting and transcripts. A person named on vessel paperwork is not automatically the person operating it.
Irenus Pascal · Ireneius Pascal · Dwight Pascal · Dwight · Mango · Margo
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger
Requested a life jacket for her companion, Williams. Her Day 2 testimony gives a first-person account of the jacket being fitted and the rescue.
Keep in view. Rivier and River occur in the automated record. She did not see the other boat approach.
Taylor Rivier · Taylor River · Taylor
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger; life-jacket wearer
Says he wore the jacket and describes Tyson’s assistance. He confirms that his surname ends in S.
Keep in view. The given-name spelling differs between transcription and reporting. He is distinct from Marley William.
Romeon Williams · Romaine Williams · Roman Williams · Roman William · Rome William · Romanian
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Bow passenger; lookout role disputed
Accepts the Mavado nickname and places himself at the bow. He repeatedly denies being the assigned lookout.
Keep in view. Janelle / General are competing automated name forms. Chris later says he inferred the lookout role from the seat; the owner and Edward describe a lookout.
Janelle Butcher · General Butcher · Jonel Butcher · Mado · Mavado · Movado
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger
Describes both legs, changes in the passenger group, the damaged boat and transfer via a nearby yacht and Ti Kaye.
Keep in view. Lester is distinct from Mavado. His name list is testimony, not a certified manifest.
Lester Ja · Lester John · Leester · Soya · Sawya · Sawyer
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger on the return
Self-identifies and confirms he joined Cazorla in the north to return to Soufrière. The Day 2 afternoon resolves his earlier question-only status.
Keep in view. He describes working on boats elsewhere but says he was a passenger on this voyage. His certificate and operating-licence evidence requires documentary resolution.
Jean-Pierre Ralph Edward · Ralph Edward · Japier · Jeepierre Ralph Edward · Edward
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger
Now gives his own sworn account, including his seat beside Pascal and Lester. This replaces the earlier probable-occupant classification.
Keep in view. The supplied transcript renders his surname Jabatis. No direct evidence supplied establishes that he is Wabi or Nyall.
Chris Jabatis · Chris Japatis · Chris Jabatist · Chris Jatis · Chris
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Operator at impact
Describes taking over the helm during the northbound trip. His count is two crew and seven passengers.
Keep in view. He and Elias Nicholas are distinct people. His account of speed and lights remains attributed testimony.
Dylan · Dilon
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Initial operator; later crew in Dylan’s account
Named in the Ocean Angel voyage and occupant accounts. Dylan describes him operating first and later acting as crew/lookout.
Keep in view. Public casualty reporting names Tyrone Elivique. The hearing’s Paul surname reference is not yet reconciled with that record. Do not confuse Tyrone with Tyson.
Tyron · Tyran · Tyrone Paul · Tyrone Elivique
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger
Day 1 witness. Describes the voyage, a request for a life jacket and survival after the impact; also appears in Day 2 rescue accounts.
Keep in view. Roxanne / Bonnapart / Bonaparte appear as spelling variants. She did not see the collision itself.
Roxan · Roxanne Bonnapart · Roxanne Bonaparte
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger; says he was not crew
Day 1 witness whose name-by-name account supports a nine-person working roster.
Keep in view. Occupation as a fisherman does not make him crew on this trip. The rescue nickname Shakabe has not been linked to him.
Elias · Alias Nicholas
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger in Elias’s account
Named in the Ocean Angel count. Public reporting identifies deceased passenger Debbie Dolor.
Keep in view. The formal-name match and which woman was carried on which rescue trip need careful source-by-source reconciliation.
Passenger described by Elias
Elias includes a woman from Choiseul whose name he does not know. This description occupies one place in his nine-person count.
Keep in view. Do not assign Mhakeida Nestor to this slot simply by elimination. This is one witness’s description, not an additional known person.
Unnamed woman · Choiseul woman
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger in Elias’s account
First name is explicitly spelled aloud in the Day 1 testimony.
Keep in view. Surname and individual outcome are not established by the supplied roster passages.
Passenger in Elias’s account
Named in the Ocean Angel count assembled during Day 1.
Keep in view. The automated variants and full identity have not been independently resolved.
Marvin · Marvi · Na’vi
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Passenger in Elias’s account
Named in the Ocean Angel count. Police-attributed casualty reporting uses Marley William.
Keep in view. Keep the casualty-name cross-reference visible; do not merge with Cazorla passenger Williams.
Marley William · Marley · Mali · Molly
Search aids, not additional people. Some spellings remain provisional.Keep the uncertainty visible
These references are meaningful evidence, but cannot be added as extra people or assigned to existing names simply to make the arithmetic fit.
Edward names his friend Wabi as a fellow return passenger; Lester lists Wabi among the people who joined in the north.
An occupant name reference, with no confirmed full-name or alias link to the eight people above. Do not automatically equate Wabi with Chris.
Lester names Nyall on the outward trip, on the damaged boat and in the later transfer group.
May be another name for an already identified person, or a transcription/recollection issue. The supplied record does not settle the match.
Named in Taylor’s rescue and Canaries landing account.
Being rescued alongside someone does not establish that they started on the same boat. No confirmed full identity or original-vessel match.
After the collision
Taylor and Williams started on Cazorla, reached Ocean Angel’s floating remains with Tyson’s help, then boarded a rescue craft. Their presence there does not place them aboard Ocean Angel before impact.
This is an attributed sequence, not a timed or scaled reconstruction. Another group describes a route through a nearby yacht and Ti Kaye.
Compare the attributed accounts →The public inquiry
Four commissioners hear the evidence. The secretary and legal counsel support the proceedings in distinct roles; they are not additional commissioners.
Chair; retired judge.
Commissioner; maritime consultant.
Commissioner; retired Police Marine Unit superintendent.
Commissioner; Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Commission secretary; retired permanent secretary.
Legal counsel to the Commission, not a commissioner.
The public record of loss
Government and police-attributed reporting identify the four people who died. Their names deserve a clear place in the record, separate from disputed aliases and the mechanics of reconstruction.
These published casualty names are not a certified passenger manifest. The “Paul” / Tyrone Elivique cross-reference remains unresolved in the supplied hearing text.
A record that can be checked. Read the source passages, compare accounts and distinguish evidence from analysis.
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